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after-hours

[ af-ter-ouuh rz, -ou-erz, ahf- ]
/ ˈæf tərˈaʊərz, -ˈaʊ ərz, ˈɑf- /

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occurring, engaged in, or operating after the normal or legal closing time for business: an after-hours drinking club.

Words nearby after-hours

after hours, after mast, after one's own heart, after the fact, after-dinner, after-hours, after-party, after-ripening, after-run, afterbeat, afterbirth

Origin of after-hours

First recorded in 1925–30
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